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Talking Budget  
24 February 2010
As this edition will be in your hands, all talk in India will rivet on the annual Budget. Some of the earlier romance of the Budget is gone, but...
CIVIL SERVANTS: How Civil? Whose Servants?
24 February 2010
Bureaucrats in Punjab are clearly divided in two camps. When the government's hue changes from Congress to Akali, Punjab witnesses a shuffle in bureaucracy...
Want to stop Communal Violence?   
17 February 2010
In the wake of massacre of Gujarat, 2002, civil society started demanding for a bill on prevention, control and rehabilitation of victims of communal violence. In 2004...
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India Finds A Hero
10 February 2010
If you think examples like Sant Singh Chatwal were not blatant enough, meet the new hero that the Indian Government has presented to the world for being ostensibly...
Elusive Justice        
10 February 2010
Only the rich and the powerful are able to reach the Indian Supreme Court for justice. The apex court is hearing more the voice of the well endowed middle classes than...
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Sant Singh Chatwal Deconstructed          
10 February 2010
Kochi Police Commissioner Manoj Abraham said they would “speed up the process” of taking action against the businessmen. “This is a fraud worth Rs 20 crore and...
India fights over a Baingan, informed activism defeats MNCs’ designs
10 February 2010
New Delhi: For weeks and months, India discussed Brinjals. The eggplant was at the centre of a discussion that many social and civil society activists had termed as...
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The Politics of Awards    
3 February 2010
India has courted massive dishonor for itself, thanks to poor selection of individuals on which it conferred its national honors, the Padma awards. While in the past too...
Save The Panth  
27January 2010
Over 70 representative of various Sikh organizations that have been  doing seva of various gurughars for over 40 years in Southern California met for a series of...
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Why are you standing next to Rathore?
27January 2010
Since we all agree that we have all become apathetic and immune to some of the biggest problems that our society is facing, how do you want us to start a story about...
Learning From the Enemy    
20 January 2010
When the Akali Dal was to meet for a brainstorming session at Shimla last year, some panthic organizations actually took the Akali leadership's claims seriously...
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“Kaun Hai?”      
20 January 2010
Languishing under the crushing wheels of poverty, thousands of women migrate from rural areas to mega cities in search of livelihoods. Ending up as domestic servants...
Gurdwara Lakhpat Sahib Ji        
13 January 2010
Intrepid traveller, who braved the cold of the North Pole, South Pole and Mount Everest, takes us on a journey in the footsteps of the travels of the first Master, Guru Nanak Sahib Ji...
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On the Forgotten Sikhs’ Trail   
13 January 2010
This is the story of the author’s search for Sikligar Sikhs over the last year and a half. He says, “My story of the Forgotten Sikhs is the remarkable story of forgotten...
Guru Nanak’s Travels in Gujarat   
13 January 2010
World Sikh News presents this as an accompanying piece to Gurpreet Singh Anand’s travelogue to Gurdwara Lakhpat Sahib Ji. The author of this piece is a former...
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The RSS: The Force Behind Nanakshahi Change 
6 January 2010
It was Sardar Patel of the Congress who had written that “I am thoroughly convinced that the RSS men can carry on their patriotic endeavour only by joining the...
Makkar-Badal let down Sikhs       
6 January 2010
This open letter to SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar tells him that by amending the Nanakshahi Calendar he has committed a grave sin and that the only way...
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Come, please get to know Ruchika, and her story!           
30 December 2009
Instances of a young girl becoming a victim of rape, and then, being unable to bear the shame and humiliation, committing suicide, are not uncommon in India. That...

Listen to Us         
23 December 2009
That Indian brahamanical establishment has been intolerant of Dalits, minorities, ethnic groups is a fact known to us all. The Sikhs have been crying hoarse, telling the...
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Break Ke Baad             
16 December 2009
Brand alignments with news broadcasters, media partnerships and even fully-funded programmes are the new reality on the television news business. But no one in...
NEWS VENDORS            
16 December 2009
It is the fake encounter syndrome all over again. Everyone knows fake encounters happen with impunity, that they are sanctioned by governments and top...
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